Golf-stroke teacher.



W. H. BROWN. GOLF STROKE fr BAGHER. APPLICATION FILED TUNE 2-7 PatentedMar..24, 1914.

l UNITED STATES PATEN WILLIAM HIRAM BROWN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GOLF-STROKE TEACHER.

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Application led .T une 27, 1913. Serial No. 776,067. I' i To all whom tmay concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HIRAM BROWN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cleveland, lin thecounty of Cuyahoga andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGolf- Stroke Teachers, of which the following is a full, clear, and,exact description.'

The experts in golf are almost unanimous in advising not .only that agolf player shall keep his eye on the ball, but also that hc shall holdhis head substantially immovable-' while he is making every stroke ingolf.

The object of this invention is tovhelp a player to follow this advice.

By t-he use of this invention a player can see that he does move hishead, if he does,

and in what direction he moves it, whileA makingapstroke; and, knowingthis, he can generally figureouttwhy his head moves, and, by practice,he can correct the fault in the stroke which is caused by such movement.Additionally, player to keep his eye on`the ball because it diverts hismind from this particular requirement, and causes him to concentrate hismental effort to the doing of something which involves necessarily butunconsciously the keeping of the eye on the ball until it has beenstruck.

TheY invention is intended primarily as a device to be used in practiceto help a player to learn how to makethe strokes properly; but it may beused during the game,-unless some rules shall be promulgated which willforbid its use.

The invent-ion consists of a sighting deviceand means for Iso ball thatWhile the sighting device will be in the line of vision from the playerseye to the ball, neither the sighting device nor l its supporting meanswill interfere with the sweep of the club in makin the stroke.

The invention is s own in the drawing, and is hereinafter described andthe novel characteristics of construction and combinations of'partswhich technically constitute the invention are set forth in the appendedclaims.

In the-drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View ofthe invention .properlyplaced for use of a player, who is also shown. Fig 2 is a perspectiveview of another and simpler form of the invention. j c

Referring to the'parts by letters, A represents a standard by which thesighting dethe s1 ghting metrically might the invention helps a.

holding it above the' vice B-may be immovabl eye of the player about tostrike the ball. The standard may be made of stiif wire ,and deviceitself may be a ring formed by bendingpthe wire, and two-small wires b,b1 stretched across t-he ring diaat right anglesl to each other.preferred form of sighting debut obviously various other forms be usedwith fairly good results. The standard must be of such shape'that itwill not interfere with the sweep of the club when the playernevertheless hold the sighting device above the ball and between theball and the player, and in such position thatwhen the player takes aproper distance forstriking the ball, the sighting device Awill be inthe line of vision passing from his eye. to the' ball. In other wordsthe lower end of the support must be capable of being anchored to theground at a point such that the ball will be y player, and the devicemust extend from this point ina direction such that the sighting devicewill be held above the ball and player.

In the device as 'shown in Fig. 1, the standard 'is made of two parts aand a1 which are connected by an ineXpensiveball and socket joint a2,-The part a is fixed to a base board D. This form of the device iscapable ofuse byany one,-that is by short players and long players, andplayers who hold theirr clubs in all sorts of positions.

he upper part a1 may be moved relative to part a, so as to bring thesighting device B atany desired elevation but in alinement between theball and player-s eye.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 is very simple and consists merely in apiece of wire` which is bent at :it-slower end to form a supporting basea3, from which the wire extends at an inclination toward the player, andthe upper end of the wire is bent to form the sighting ring B. Wherethis form of the device is in use, agolf Aclub may be laid'on the base'to hold' it down on the ground.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A golf stroke teacher,comprising a sighting device, and means for holding the same in apositlon above the ball in the line of vision passing from the playerseye to. the ball.

2. A golf stroke teacher comprising a his is the vices,

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etween the ball and the standard adapted to benchored at one end to theground, and extending from the point of anchorage in a generallyinclined direction upward, and a sighting device carried by thestandard.

3. A golf stroke teacher comprising a standard which consists of twoparts which are adjustably connected, one part being provided withme'ans for anchoringv it to the ground, and the other part beingprovidedadjacent to its free end with a sighting device.

4. A golf stroke teacher comprising a ring

